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View from
the Summit
The
story of Singapore’s Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Weaving history,
Asian culture, poetry, art and photography together with
fascinating insights
into the ecology and biology of this uniqe rain forest fragment located
at the heart of urban Singapore, authors Ilsa Sharp and botanist Dr
Shawn Lum showcase the reserve’s gem-like value.
1996,
School of Science, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; School
of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore;
National
Parks
Board, Singapore, with Ban Hin Leong Group, Singapore, ISBN
981-00-7961-3.
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| Culture Shock!
Australia
In
this light-hearted guide to Australian ways and lifestyles for the
newcomer, visitor or observer, author Ilsa Sharp dissects a unique
culture, using
research,
first-hand experience and sometimes irreverent humour to make sense of
it all.
1992/2003,
Times Books International, Singapore, ISBN 981-204-160-5.
Orders - Email: tedcsd@sg.marshallcavendish.com
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| The First 21
Years
The story
of the Singapore Zoological Gardens, researched and written by Ilsa
Sharp on commission from the Zoo. Lavishly illustrated, this large-format
book does more than tell the unusual story of this tropical zoo, the
exotic animals it houses and the colourful personalities who created
it, exploring also the general history and philosophy of zoos and zoo
design.
1994,
Singapore Zoological Gardens, ISBN 981-00-5674-5.
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| Green
Indonesia
Photographed
by renowned French wildlife photographer Alain Compost and featuring a
forward by HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh as President of the World Wide Fund for Nature, this
richly illustrated large-format book with substantial text by Ilsa
Sharp, surveys the
entire panorama
of Indonesia’s extraordinary forests and wildlife, and the Indonesian
people’s relationship with them.
1994,
Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ISBN 967-65-3045-X.
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| There
Is Only One Raffles, The Story of a Grand Hotel
The
first full history to be published of Singapore’s famous Raffles
Hotel, founded in 1887 by the Armenian Sarkies Brothers and frequented by writers
(Kipling, Maugham, Hesse et al), movie stars, princes and politicians
ever since. Author Ilsa
Sharp scoured the libraries and private collections
of Great Britain, Southeast Asia and the world to achieve a detailed
account of this eccentric grande dame on the old colonial hotel circuit,
with a classic chapter on the jazz musicians and other entertainers who
graced the old ballroom. She sets the hotel amid the great historical events
and social changes of its times, and also in the context of the
development of the Southeast Asian tourism industry.
1981/1986,
Souvenir Press Ltd, London, ISBN 0-285-62744-9.
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| The Singapore
Cricket Club Established
in 1852, the Singapore Cricket Club, still housed in its original
colonial building, is alive and well today and sits at the hub of dynamic
modern Singapore’s central business district. Building on research
both in Southeast Asia and in Britain, Ilsa Sharp has written the story
of the Club’s
significant role in cricket history. Her text also shows how the
Club’s evolution has mirrored the social and political development of independent
Singapore.
1985/1993,
The Singapore Cricket Club, ISBN 981-00-4581-6.
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| Just
A Little Flutter Singapore
Pools is the national lottery company in Singapore, founded in 1968.
Author Ilsa Sharp, supported by Jacintha Stephens, puts the lottery
in context by first tracing the roots of Chinese gambling in Singapore
back to the nineteenth-century, and then telling the absorbing story of
this giant among Singapore companies, with its multi-billion dollar
sales turnover.
1998,
Singapore Pools Pte Ltd, ISBN 981-04-0163-9.
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Singapore Dog The
first-ever handbook for pet dog-owners in Singapore and Malaysia,
written and photographed by Ilsa Sharp in collaboration with Singapore veterinarian
Dr Lennie Lee Koon Ann. Its 312 pages cover feeding, training,
behavioural problems, the impact of high-rise lifestyles on dogs in
Singapore, cultural problems, even how to cope with the death of a
beloved dog, tropical diseases, import-export and quarantine regulations
of interest to expatriate dog-owners etc. Colourfully illustrated, it
also aims to be a lively and amusing read for "armchair"
dog-lovers worldwide.
2003,
SNP Editions, Singapore, ISBN 981-248-001-3.
Available
from Nature’s Niche http://www.naturesniche.com
Orders : http://www.snpcorp.com
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Wheels of Change, the Borneo Motors Story
Ilsa
Sharp and her Research Assistant Eli Solomon take the reader from the
Borneo Company’s birth in 1856, in jungle-swathed Borneo, to
the arrival
of the motorcar in Singapore in 1896. They detail the company’s
powerfully symbolic shift in 1967 from marketing the British Austin car,
in
favour of promoting Japan’s Toyota brand.
1993,
Borneo Motors (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore, ISBN 981-00-4852-1. |
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The History of Drew & Napier, 1889-1989 In
this centenary history of one of Singapore's oldest and most respected
legal firms, Ilsa Sharp profiles the thrills, spills and characters
peopling Drew and Napier's history since colonial times, when sweating
English lawyers toiled in Singapore's dingy ceiling fan-cooled offices
piled
high
with mouldering brown paper files tied with ribbon.
1990,
Drew & Napier, ISBN 981-00-1480-4. |
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| A
Tale of Two Lions, Celebrating Ten Years of The British Alumni
(Singapore)
Britain's
ties with Singapore are historic and the countless Singaporeans who
still seek an education there keep them fresh. As one
Singaporean
alumnus says, "It's good to get out of the clutches of parents and
learn to be independent" via an education abroad. Ilsa Sharp
interviewed
alumni extensively to capture their impressions of their British
alma mater.
1997,
British Alumni (Singapore), ISBN 981-00-8951-1.
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Citizens of the World In
this private history of the Zecha family, originally of Java, Indonesia,
but now scattered across the globe, Ilsa Sharp researched extensively in
the Netherlands, the former Czechoslovakia, Austria, Singapore,
Malaysia and Indonesia, to piece together the formerly hidden story of
an extraordinary family.
1992,
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| The
Journey, Singapore's Land Transport Story
This comprehensive history of land
transport in the once tiger-ridden and jungle-clad tropical island
nation of Singapore shows how transport policy has shaped a nation –
its people, culture, physical layout and economy. Ilsa Sharp paints
the drama of elegant colonial bridges, the imposing expressways of a
newly independent nation, and the great debate of the 1970s as
Singapore took the plunge into an internationally acclaimed
underground Mass Rapid Transit rail system. The book puts a human
face on it all, detailing personal stories and memories, from cabinet
ministers to taxi-cab and bus-drivers.
2005, Land Transport Authority of
Singapore / SNP International Publishing Pte Ltd, Singapore, ISBN
981-248-092-7.
Orders : http://www.snpcorp.com
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| Winged
Invaders: ‘Pest Birds’ of the Asia Pacific Alien
and ‘pest’ bird species are a hot topic worldwide right now, because
of the Bird Flu threat. Why are human beings experiencing more trouble
than ever in their relationship with wild birds? Authors Ilsa Sharp and
Prof. Navjot Sodhi, Associate Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences, National University of Singapore, explore the historical,
philosophical and conservationist dimensions of the role of birds (such
as Crows, Mynas, Sparrows etc) in urban and agricultural settings shaped
by humans. They also discuss the practical ways that ‘pest’ birds
can be managed.
2006, SNP International Publishing Pte
Ltd, Singapore, ISBN 981-248-065-X.
Orders : http://www.snpcorp.com
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| New books in
progress:
Leaving Home - 10
Refugee Women Tell Their Stories - publication December 2006, Western
Australia.
The E&O Hotel Story,
Pearl of Penang - publication 2007, Singapore/Malaysia.
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